Blind Tasting of 2009 Pomerol wines.Third in a four-part series In October, I ate the grapes from the vines and sorting tables at the châteaux in Bordeaux. If you were a grape, you were plump and ...

Castillon Cótes de Bordeaux. 2017. 95 points. This 14.5% alcohol Merlot in individually numbered bottles includes subdued and semi-complex aromas of fudge, licorice, black pepper, cumin ...

Unbeknownst to you, your favourite wine is most likely produced from merlot grapes. French wine from the Bordeaux region is ...

Aromas of boot black, oak leaves, ... Wonderful—quite the quiet poem from a bottle with a beautiful label showing a profusion of ... Bordeaux Supérieur. 2019. 93 points. Merlot dominant blend ...

Merlot is one of the most important Bordeaux varieties along with Cabernet Sauvignon. It's fleshier and ripens earlier than Cabernet, resulting in softer wines with plush tannins and fruit. Bordeaux ...

100 Amazing Wines 2022: 16 Bordeaux-style red varietals & blends. Approximately 2,000 wines were evaluated in 2022 for the Amazing 100 list, to discover fine wines in all styles, from a diversity ...

These 12 wines, made by vignerons and not grand estates, are classically refreshing and altogether inviting. By Eric Asimov Sales of Bordeaux in the United States took off last year, rising by 24 ...

Bordeaux is the most famous wine in the world. 2013 Fortress Cabernet Sauvignon, Sonoma County (83 percent cabernet sauvignon, 8 percent petit verdot, 5 percent cabernet franc, 2 percent syrah, 2 ...

Château Haut-Vigneau 2018, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux. 13.5%; Haynes, Hanson & Clark, £21.40 This is a beautiful, subtly oaked claret, made from 60 per cent cabernet sauvignon and 40 per cent merlot.